Re: Multi-function PCI devices

From: Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 15:14:56 EDT

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    On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 03:01:57PM +0200, Gérard Roudier wrote:

    > PCI multi I/O boards _shall_ provide a separate function for each kind of
    > IO. Those that donnot are kind of PCI messy IO boards.

    But they don't. What are you going to do about it?

    > Cheap for whom?

    For the guys who make them, and for the ones who buy them. Yes, it
    sucks.

    > > Again, how about other cards? Are there any PCI Multi-I/O-cards out
    > > there, which are supported by linux? I'd be interested in how the driver
    > > looks like....
    >
    > I donnot know and will never know. I only use hardware that does not look
    > too shitty to me. Time is too much important for me to waste even seconds
    > with dubious hardware. :)

    Good luck finding a card that gets multifunction I/O right without
    wasting any seconds then.

    For a list of cards that are supported, or for which patches exist
    (using the 'two lines in a table' approach), see
    <URL:http://people.redhat.com/twaugh/parport/cards.html>.

    Tim.
    */



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